Electoral results for the Division of Dalley

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Dalley in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1969.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	William Wilks	Free Trade, Anti-Socialist	1901–1909
		Liberal	1909–1910
	Robert Howe	Labor	1910–1915
	William Mahony	Labor	1915–1927
	Ted Theodore	Labor	1927–1931
	Sol Rosevear	Labor (NSW)	1931–1936
		Labor	1936–1940
		Labor (N-C)	1940–1941
		Labor	1941–1953
	Arthur Greenup	Labor	1953–1955
	William O'Connor	Labor	1955–1969

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William O'Connor	18,938	61.0	−11.9
	Liberal	Elton Lewis	9,709	31.3	+31.3
	Democratic Labor	John Kavanagh	2,377	7.7	−19.4
Total formal votes			31,024	95.1
Informal votes			1,615	4.9
Turnout			32,639	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William O'Connor		62.3	−10.6
	Liberal	Elton Lewis		37.7	+37.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−10.6

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William O'Connor	24,553	72.9	+1.9
	Democratic Labor	Peter Keogh	9,118	27.1	+20.2
Total formal votes			33,671	96.2
Informal votes			1,333	3.8
Turnout			35,004	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.4

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William O'Connor	24,127	71.0	+0.0
	Liberal	Arthur Nesbitt	6,343	18.7	−10.3
	Democratic Labor	Reginald Lawson	2,331	6.9	+6.9
	Communist	Mavis Robertson	1,172	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			33,973	95.9
Informal votes			1,464	4.1
Turnout			35,437	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William O'Connor		75.3	+4.3
	Liberal	Arthur Nesbitt		24.7	−4.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William O'Connor	26,081	71.0	−0.9
	Liberal	Elton Lewis	10,664	29.0	+6.8
Total formal votes			36,745	96.3
Informal votes			1,430	3.7
Turnout			38,175	93.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.2

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William O'Connor	28,913	71.9	+0.2
	Liberal	Stanley Tyler	8,933	22.2	−0.9
	Communist	Ernie Thornton	2,377	5.9	+0.8
Total formal votes			40,223	96.4
Informal votes			1,482	3.6
Turnout			41,705	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William O'Connor		77.2	+0.9
	Liberal	Stanley Tyler		22.8	−0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Greenup	24,292	71.6	+4.5
	Liberal	Robert Stafford	7,810	23.0	−9.9
	Communist	Flo Davis	1,803	5.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			33,905	98.3
Informal votes			594	1.7
Turnout			34,499	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Greenup		76.6	+9.5
	Liberal	Robert Stafford		23.4	−9.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.5

1953

This section is an excerpt from 1953 Dalley by-election § Results.[edit]

1953 Dalley by-election 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Greenup	23,812	70.5	+3.4
	Independent	William Cole	8,285	24.5	+24.5
	Independent	John Sheean	1,667	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			33,764	95.4
Informal votes			1,618	4.6
Turnout			35,382	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Greenup		75.0	+7.9
	Independent	William Cole		25.0	+25.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.9

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sol Rosevear	24,851	67.1	−5.9
	Liberal	John Laffin	12,204	32.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			37,055	97.7
Informal votes			877	2.3
Turnout			37,932	96.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.9

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sol Rosevear	27,501	73.0	+9.6
	Liberal	Charles Shields	10,190	27.0	−2.9
Total formal votes			37,691	97.1
Informal votes			1,111	2.9
Turnout			38,802	96.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

1946

1946 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sol Rosevear	38,571	63.4	−11.4
	Liberal	Leslie Webster	14,674	24.1	+24.1
	Lang Labor	Kenneth Falvey	7,549	12.4	+12.4
Total formal votes			60,794	97.5
Informal votes			1,531	2.5
Turnout			62,325	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sol Rosevear		73.7	−7.4
	Liberal	Leslie Webster		26.3	+26.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.4

1943

1943 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sol Rosevear	44,127	74.8	+41.3
	One Parliament	Ernest de Faria	10,760	18.2	+18.2
	Communist	Lance Sharkey	4,087	6.9	+6.9
Total formal votes			58,974	96.9
Informal votes			1,864	3.1
Turnout			60,838	98.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sol Rosevear		81.1	+38.3
	One Parliament	Ernest de Faria		18.9	+18.9
	Labor gain from Labor (N-C)		Swing	+38.3

1940

1940 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (N-C)	Sol Rosevear	20,721	37.2	+37.2
	Labor	Donald Cochrane	18,643	33.5	−24.2
	United Australia	Hubert O'Connell	14,736	26.5	−15.8
	State Labor	Edmund Ryan	1,564	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			55,664	97.5
Informal votes			1,423	2.5
Turnout			57,087	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor (N-C)	Sol Rosevear	31,842	57.2	+57.2
	Labor	Donald Cochrane	23,822	42.8	−14.9
	Labor (N-C) gain from Labor		Swing	+14.9

Elections in the 1930s

1937

1937 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sol Rosevear	32,646	57.7	+51.0
	United Australia	Arthur Brough	23,961	42.3	+4.0
Total formal votes			56,607	97.7
Informal votes			1,305	2.3
Turnout			57,912	96.9
	Labor gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	−0.1

1934

1934 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Sol Rosevear	25,881	48.0	+9.5
	United Australia	William Nicol	20,655	38.3	−1.3
	Labor	William Thompson	3,591	6.7	−13.6
	Social Credit	Henry Giles	2,079	3.9	+3.9
	Independent Labor	Jervis Blackman	997	1.8	+1.8
	Communist	James McPhee	689	1.3	+0.8
Total formal votes			53,892	94.5
Informal votes			3,151	5.5
Turnout			57,043	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor (NSW)	Sol Rosevear		57.8	+3.1
	United Australia	William Nicol		42.2	−3.1
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	+3.1

1931

1931 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Sol Rosevear	17,835	48.0	+48.0
	United Australia	Sidney Massey	10,459	28.2	+6.1
	Labor	Ted Theodore	7,272	19.6	−58.3
	Ind. Nationalist	William Little	902	2.4	+2.4
	Communist	Jack Sylvester	671	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			37,139	92.9
Informal votes			2,832	7.1
Turnout			39,971	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor (NSW)	Sol Rosevear	23,784	64.0	+64.0
	United Australia	Sidney Massey	13,355	36.0	+8.9
	Labor (NSW) gain from Labor		Swing	−8.9

Elections in the 1920s

1929

1929 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Theodore	31,276	77.9	+13.7
	Nationalist	Thomas Morrow	8,870	22.1	+1.8
Total formal votes			40,146	97.3
Informal votes			1,126	2.7
Turnout			41,272	96.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.6

1928

1928 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Theodore	24,328	64.2	+0.1
	Nationalist	Hedley Rogers	7,704	20.3	−15.6
	Independent Labor	Albert Gardiner	5,888	15.5	+15.5
Total formal votes			37,920	94.2
Informal votes			2,319	5.8
Turnout			40,239	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Theodore		69.3	+5.2
	Nationalist	Hedley Rogers		30.7	−5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.2

1927

This section is an excerpt from 1927 Dalley by-election § Results.[edit]

1927 Dalley by-election 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Theodore	21,186	62.6	−1.5
	Nationalist	Walter Gee	12,667	37.4	+1.5
Total formal votes			33,853	93.1
Informal votes			2,517	6.9
Turnout			36,370	89.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.5

1925

1925 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Mahony	24,455	64.1	−2.6
	Nationalist	James Thomson	13,702	35.9	+11.0
Total formal votes			38,157	97.9
Informal votes			801	2.1
Turnout			38,958	92.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.9

1922

1922 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Mahony	16,104	66.7	+7.0
	Nationalist	William Simpson	6,017	24.9	−15.4
	Majority Labor	Herbert Mitchell	2,034	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			24,155	95.5
Informal votes			1,125	4.5
Turnout			25,280	59.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Mahony		70.9	+11.2
	Nationalist	William Simpson		29.1	−11.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.2

Elections in the 1910s

1919

1919 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Mahony	16,242	59.7	+5.7
	Nationalist	Walter Clutton	10,956	40.3	−5.7
Total formal votes			27,198	97.6
Informal votes			657	2.4
Turnout			27,855	69.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.7

1917

1917 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Mahony	15,658	54.0	−7.3
	Nationalist	Albert Lane	13,352	46.0	+7.3
Total formal votes			29,010	97.2
Informal votes			845	2.8
Turnout			29,855	72.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.3

1915

This section is an excerpt from 1915 Dalley by-election § Results.[edit]

1915 Dalley by-election 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Mahony	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1914

1914 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Howe	14,963	61.3	+3.6
	Liberal	John McEachern	9,450	38.7	−3.6
Total formal votes			24,413	97.7
Informal votes			587	2.3
Turnout			25,000	58.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.6

1913

1913 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Howe	17,520	57.7	+1.1
	Liberal	Harry Scott	12,829	42.3	−1.1
Total formal votes			30,349	98.3
Informal votes			519	1.7
Turnout			30,868	74.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

1910

1910 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Howe	14,610	56.6	+9.3
	Liberal	William Wilks	11,215	43.4	−9.3
Total formal votes			25,825	98.8
Informal votes			318	1.2
Turnout			26,143	74.9
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.3

Elections in the 1900s

1906

1906 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anti-Socialist	William Wilks	9,863	52.7	−22.2
	Labour	Robert Howe	8,850	47.3	+47.3
Total formal votes			18,713	97.5
Informal votes			481	2.5
Turnout			19,194	63.9
	Anti-Socialist hold		Swing	−22.2

1903

1903 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	William Wilks	12,814	74.9	+24.1
	Ind. Protectionist	Selina Anderson	3,036	17.7	+17.7
	Ind. Protectionist	William Burns	1,263	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			17,113	97.4
Informal votes			457	2.6
Turnout			15,570	51.1
	Free Trade hold		Swing	+17.4

1901

1901 Australian federal election: Dalley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	William Wilks	5,507	50.8	+50.8
	Protectionist	Reginald Cohen	3,081	28.4	+28.4
	Labour	Sydney Law	2,245	20.7	+20.7
Total formal votes			10,833	98.8
Informal votes			131	1.2
Turnout			10,964	72.6
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos